单词 | well-done |
释义 | well-doneadj.n.int. A. adj. 1. Virtuously, properly, or skilfully performed; rightly done. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > displaying or requiring skill well-doneeOE craftyOE craftful?c1335 craftsmanlike1547 skilfulc1595 artist1603 skilled1776 knowing1793 eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xxxiv. 229 Suiðe suiðe we gesyngiað, gif we oðerra monna welgedona dæda [L. aliena bene gesta] ne lufigað. 1399 Rolls of Parl.: Henry IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1399 Pleas §9. m. 2 It ware wele done, withe outen dethe ore any other thyng that thei myghte noghte honestly assent to, no speke of. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 190 It is a merytorie and a weel don deede. 1479 R. Cely Let. 8 Nov. in Cely Lett. (1975) 63 Hyt wher whelldoyn to enqwer..how h[i]t mythet be payd. ?1536 R. Copland Hye Way to Spyttell Hous sig. B.i Me thynke it..a very well done dede With deuocyon suche people to fede. 1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xiv. xci. 369 Times were when Practize also preacht, and well-said was well-done. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 225 We will draw the Curtain, and shew you the picture..Ist not well done ? View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 320 What worke is heere Charmian? Is this well done? Char. It is well done, and fitting for a Princesse. View more context for this quotation ?a1676 T. Bell Nehemiah Tirshatha (1692) 162 Hast thou not the pourtrait of this beauty in thine heart?.. I should hold my self everlastingly obliged to him that would give me a well done coppy. 1716 Disc. Char. Gentleman To Rdrs. sig. A2v We though it would be a pity such a well done Piece should continue in a State of Obscurity. 1791 S. Dobson tr. Petrarch View Human Life 180 There is no joy so great..as that which springeth from pureness of conscience, and remembrance of things well done. 1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 82 This is a clear and well-done translation. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 5 May 2/1 A well-done landscape of late autumn. 1933 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 13 June 3/3 Mattern hasn't much to look forward to except the satisfaction of a good job well done. 2004 Food & Trav. May 17/2 Luxury ingredients sit alongside simple things well done, such as pot-roast free-range chicken with split-pea cassoulet. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] i-selic888 wealyc893 blaed-fastOE i-sundfulc1000 full-thrivenc1175 well-donea1200 wealfulc1230 i-selec1275 neotsumc1275 prosperc1350 wealsomea1382 well begonea1393 prosperable?c1422 thriftyc1440 prosperousc1450 quartful?c1475 wealthyc1480 wella1500 prospering1587 felicious1599 thriving1607 felicitous1641 prospered1651 well-faring1712 well-doing1800 made-up1956 a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 29 Ðu ert wel don man, and þarto wurðlich. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12229 Comen mid þere quene wifmen wel idone. þere richchere monne wif alle þe wunede on londe. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [adjective] glewc725 wiselyc900 snoterc950 wiseOE keena1000 witterc1100 redewisec1225 redefulc1275 well-donec1275 witfulc1275 sage1297 redya1325 heartya1382 prudenta1382 hearteda1425 subtilea1450 sapient1471 Palladian1562 wittiful1590 judicious1591 cordate1651 sophical1739 sophica1773 sapientious1852 unbesotted1875 sapiential1882 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 457 Membricius..wes a riche mon þe wes swiðe wel idon [Fr. saives hom]. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14846 Godd clarc and wel idon þa haueð his cantel-cape on. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2637 Þeos ilke eorles weren kene..and wel idone. 4. Of meat: thoroughly cooked. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > cooked (of specific food) > meat rawish1577 blood-raw1590 well-done1681 underdone1683 green1725 rare-done1746 rare1776 blue1867 medium1901 pink1947 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > cooked > overcooked or slightly burned zamzawed1743 overdone1781 set-on1825 well-done1846 1681 D. Papin New Digester ii. 9 The Mutton was very well done, the bones soft, and the juyce a strong Gelly. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery i. 4 Pork must be well done, or it is apt to Surfeit. 1846 A. Soyer Gastron. Regenerator p. xxi Veal and pork must be well done. Venison must be underdone. 1854 Harper's Mag. Jan. 269/2 Will you have it rare or well-done? Shall it be a porter-house? 1870 Cassell's Househ. Guide I. 171/1 A well-cooked joint needs no such addition to its natural appearance, the streaks of gravy which flow from the centre, when the joint is well done, being ornament sufficient. 1967 Boys' Life Sept. 26/3 If you like well-done steak, cook it for about seven or eight minutes on each side. 1992 Nat. Hist. Feb. 76/1 In between the absolutely raw and the absolutely cooked—between sashimi and a well-done burger—is ceviche. B. n. 1. That which is or has been performed well. rare.In Old English also in partitive genitive singular as postmodifier.In quot. OE: †a benefit (obsolete), rendering classical Latin beneficium benefice n.; cf. discussion at well-doing adj.In quot. 1596 personified; cf. do-well n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [noun] > that which is well done well-doneeOE eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xvii. 111 Gif hwæt welgedones bið [L. si qua bene gesta sunt], ðonne cnodað him ðæt ealle..mid herenesse. OE (Northumbrian) Liturgical Texts (Durham Ritual) in A. H. Thompson & U. Lindelöf Rituale Ecclesiae Dunelmensis (1927) 23 Ad beneficia recolenda..tribue uenire gaudentes : to welgidoeno eft bigengo..ræc cyme gifeando. 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. lii. 238 And curious thay That, dribling Almes by Arte, disband wel-Meant from wel-Dons pay. 1955 W. Boeck & J. Sabartés tr. J. Cocteau in Picasso ii. 346 This Picasso has done a great deal to confuse young painters. He takes it as a dogma that the well-done is overdone. 2. Chiefly as two words. An instance of saying ‘well done!’ as an expression of approval or congratulations. See sense C. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > an instance, act, or expression of > specific well-done1628 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xii. sig. G8v Two excellent well-dones haue vndone him. 1690 C. Mather Wonderful Wks. God Commemorated Ep. Ded. sig. A4v In the day when such a Word will be esteem'd above ten thousand Worlds, you may hear a Well Done! from the mouth of our Glorious Judge. 1790 Proc. Afr. Assoc. 42 A single well-done from your Association has more worth in it to me, than all the trappings of the East. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xi. 89 Fortunately I got through without any word from the officer, and heard the ‘well done’ of the mate, when the yard reached the deck. 1869 Children's Ann. 99 The ‘well done!’ that came from the lips of the mowers when he had done his task, was worth more than money to him. 1978 J. Stallworthy Familiar Tree 55 With never a ‘well done’ for years of unpaid overtime, I slaved, helping you climb the treacherous ascent from hustings into Parliament. 2010 J. Brady Hero of Pacific 4 Basilone was overwhelmed by the enthusiastic ‘well dones’ of his fellow Americans. C. int. As two words. 1. Used to express approval or congratulations. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > expressions of commendation [interjection] well-donea1500 macte1573 hear- him1727 hear1768 that's your sort1792 top marks1829 that's the spirit1853 good for you (also him, her, etc.)1855 good man1887 good egg1903 attaboy1909 to go up (also down) one1909 right on1911 hotcha1931 thataboy1936 hubba-hubba1944 chapeau1976 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xvi. 197 1 Mulier. Veniance for this syn I cry both euyn and morne. 2 Miles. Well done! 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Euge, well done. 1611 Bible (King James) Matt. xxv. 21 Well done, thou good and faithfull seruant. View more context for this quotation 1696 M. Pix Spanish Wives i. 8 Well done, Tittup! Ha boy, Tittup! 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 154 Well done, my dear boy!—O bravo! 1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 189 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 563 Tam..roars out, ‘Weel done, Cutty-sark!’ 1854 W. H. Russell in J. E. Lewis Mammoth Bk. War Correspondents (2001) 10 ‘Bravo Highlanders! Well done!’ shout the excited spectators. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 243 Ion. I obtained the first prize of all, Socrates. Soc. Well done. 1952 M. Laski Village ii. 48 People turned to slap Roy on the back and say ‘Well done, old sport.’ 1987 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Apr. c1/2 I walk in the locker room and hear players saying, ‘Well done, guys’. 2000 B. Roberts in J. Thomas Catwomen from Hell 118 He recognises a smiling face bobbing past him and bellows in an ear, ‘I hear you scored a blinder on Saturday, Richards. Well done!’ 2. British colloquial. In well done that man (hence also well done that woman). ΚΠ 1944 J. Aistrop in J. Aistrop & R. Moore Bugle Blast 2nd Ser. 96 When you balled a thing up he used to raise an eyebrow and say, ‘Well done that man in denims.’ 1988 Sc. Curler Nov. 21/1 Steven Macdonald..managed to throw the most consistent barrier weight over 4 stones—well done that man! 1993 I. Banks Complicity (1996) ix. 203 She sees the bottle in Yvonne's hand. ‘Oh, I say, well done that woman.’ She holds out her flute. 2009 T. Pratchett Unseen Academicals (2011) 31 ‘Well done, that man,’ said Ridcully, and the wizards commenced that..table-thumping which is the mark of appreciation amongst men of a certain age. 3. In parts of Africa, esp. Nigeria and Uganda: used as a friendly greeting or salutation, esp. when encountering a person at work or in a state of activity. Occasionally as one word. [Used as the English equivalent to a range of expressions in African languages (in various language groups), typically consisting of a salutation or a word for ‘thank you’ followed by a word denoting activity.] ΚΠ 1971 A. Bamgboṣe in J. Spencer Eng. Lang. W. Afr. 44 In Nigerian English, the expressions sorry and welldone are often used as greetings—the..latter as a greeting to anyone at work. 2018 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 3 Dec. Hello, well done sir, I just came to say hi. 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